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PUBLICATIONS
CENSURE HECHT
SAIl f RAH
Tuesday, Feb. 28. 1961 —Vol. 52, No. 29
foghorn
All-American 1954-1960
SK 1-31 18, 3119
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■ : tm mm ^m
TUESDAY Legislators defeat
EXTRA free publicity plan
Merrell cited
in Council vote
By J. A. j ri.i.i;k
FOGHORN Staff Writer
ASUSF Vice President Jim Hecht and Treasurer Ralph Mer
rell were censured yesterday by the Publications Council in a
resolution attempting to avert possible student control over the
campus free press.
By DAKKKLL SOLOMON
FOGHORN Reluctant Associate
A motion aimed to give a committee of the legislature a foothold on the FOGHORN
was first watered down by its author, then defeated during the Student Legislature
meeting last night.
ASUSF Vice President Jim Hecht's proposal, presented to the Legislature last week,
would have granted .content
The r.esolution for censure
was in reaction to last week's
activities of Hecht and Merrell, when the two student
body officers ordered the FOGHORN to turn over their fi-
nancial records Thursday under the pretext that they were
going to "standardize the FOGHORN'S bopeks." Hecht and
Merrell acted as members of a
newly formed committee suggested by the Treasurer to
audit all books of campus organizations.
FOGHORN Business Manager Garrett Ruhl refused to
turn over the books without
the consent of the Editor, Rich
Harcourt. Upon his refusal,
Merrell suspended Ruhl and
the FOGHORN editor, who
was not on campus, from the
Associated Students. Merrell
acted under an alleged consti-
tutional technicality, and under this same law, ordered Jim
Hecht to phone the FOGHORN
printer to stop publication of
the Friday edition. He w.as informed by the management of
Garrett Press that he was too
late; the paper was printed
and ready for distribution.
The USF publications —the
FOGHORN, Don, and Gaviota
—are autonomous under the
Publications Council, described
in the ASUSF Constitution sts
"supreme within its own
sphere." It is on this point
that the factions differ.
"Merrell," Harcourt said,
"had no right to try to obtain
our books without going:
through the proper channels—
in this case, the publications
council. Furthermore, he had
no right to suspend Ruhl and
me from the Associated Students, and we .consider this a
personal insult. The most important part of the mess is
the fact that duly elected members of the legislature attempt-
eed to interfere in the publication of the FOGHORN, and in
doing so, violated all precedence set down in the t*>nsti-
tution and USF publications
freedoms."
The Council censured Merrell and Hecht in the alleged
violation in regard to the stop-
i< 'mitin in-il on Page 2)
Sports note
300 tickets will be available
for the Friday night's San Jose
State basketball game to be
played in San Jose. Student
body cards must be presented
at the Phelan Hall desk only,
in return for the tickets.
Students are reminded that
there are only 300 tickets available so act quickly.
control of a third of a FOGHORN page to a commission
consisting of Hecht, the editor of the newspaper, the business manager, a club's representative, and a member of the
lower table.
The meeting began with a
sobering report by Mr. Crow-
ly, who, referring to the recent
publications embroglio, warned
the members of the council
against any "personal or slanderous remarks" during the
course of the debate over
Hecht's precedent-breaking
resolution.
There ensued a raft of personal and slanderous remarks.
Mr. Hecht suggested that the
editor of the FOGHORN had
failed to fulfill his constitutional obligation of "promulgating information about the
clubs." Mr. Harcourt intermittently sipping a carton of
milk, countered the resolution
put forth by the Vice President was in itself unconstitutional and so was unworthy of
any serious consideration by
the legislature.
The proposal would have
granted twenty-five column
inches of the FOGHORN to Dt
used exclusively for "free advertising" by the chartered
clubs of the campus. The controlling commission would be
authorized to determine what
would be said within the
space allotted, this space presumably being devoted to publication of campus activities.
In last night's meeting this
motion was amended to the effect that it should take the
form of a resolution to be presented to the Publications
Council for its approval. This
is tantamount to a u ilhdrawal
of the motion. Nevertheless,
In true Stud I.eg style, the
now toothleess proposal was debated, analyzed, compromised,
viewed from all angles, beat
against the wall generally for
a solid hour until the limp and
red necked solons finally put
it out of its misery by a near
unanimous vote.
The Hecht bill thus put out
of the way, Mr. Harrourt shot
back with a resolution of his
own, namely, that legislative
approval be given to the proe-
l.amation issued by the publications council yesterday which
(Ccntinued on Page 2)
The Council resolves:
WHEREAS: The Publications Council is the duly
authorized body in matters concerned vvith the publication of the Foghorn, Gaviota, and Don, and the
policies and procedures of the said publications; and
WHEREAS: The ASUSF Vice-President, Jim
Hecht, violated both the spirit and the letter of said
authorization on Thursday, February 23, 1961, by
intervening in the publication of the Foghorn, to
wit: Mr. Hecht called Garrett Press and ordered suspension of publication; and
WHEREAS: The ASUSF Treasurer, Ralph Merrell, violated the spirit and the letter of said authorization on Thursday, February 23, 1961, by suspending Richard Harcourt and Garrett Ruhl as members
of the Associated Students of the University of San
Francisco, thereby de facto suspending them .as editor and business manager of the Foghorn respectively; and
WHEREAS: The actions are felt by this body to
be illegal, iinmature, irresponsible and unbefitting an
officer of the Associated Students;
NOW THEREFORE, We hereto affix our hand by
approval of the Publications Council in a vote taken
durin gthe meeting held Monday, February 27, 1961,
to the effect that the "Publications Council wishes
to express censure of Mr. Hecht and Mr. Merrell for
conduct unbecoming an officer of the Associated
Students."
DONE, this twenty-seventh day of February, nineteen hundred and sixty-one, in .San Francisco, Calif.
The Publications Council
(in unanimous vote)
ATTEST:
G. Edward Stephan
Secretary

PUBLICATIONS
CENSURE HECHT
SAIl f RAH
Tuesday, Feb. 28. 1961 —Vol. 52, No. 29
foghorn
All-American 1954-1960
SK 1-31 18, 3119
m
■ : tm mm ^m
TUESDAY Legislators defeat
EXTRA free publicity plan
Merrell cited
in Council vote
By J. A. j ri.i.i;k
FOGHORN Staff Writer
ASUSF Vice President Jim Hecht and Treasurer Ralph Mer
rell were censured yesterday by the Publications Council in a
resolution attempting to avert possible student control over the
campus free press.
By DAKKKLL SOLOMON
FOGHORN Reluctant Associate
A motion aimed to give a committee of the legislature a foothold on the FOGHORN
was first watered down by its author, then defeated during the Student Legislature
meeting last night.
ASUSF Vice President Jim Hecht's proposal, presented to the Legislature last week,
would have granted .content
The r.esolution for censure
was in reaction to last week's
activities of Hecht and Merrell, when the two student
body officers ordered the FOGHORN to turn over their fi-
nancial records Thursday under the pretext that they were
going to "standardize the FOGHORN'S bopeks." Hecht and
Merrell acted as members of a
newly formed committee suggested by the Treasurer to
audit all books of campus organizations.
FOGHORN Business Manager Garrett Ruhl refused to
turn over the books without
the consent of the Editor, Rich
Harcourt. Upon his refusal,
Merrell suspended Ruhl and
the FOGHORN editor, who
was not on campus, from the
Associated Students. Merrell
acted under an alleged consti-
tutional technicality, and under this same law, ordered Jim
Hecht to phone the FOGHORN
printer to stop publication of
the Friday edition. He w.as informed by the management of
Garrett Press that he was too
late; the paper was printed
and ready for distribution.
The USF publications —the
FOGHORN, Don, and Gaviota
—are autonomous under the
Publications Council, described
in the ASUSF Constitution sts
"supreme within its own
sphere." It is on this point
that the factions differ.
"Merrell," Harcourt said,
"had no right to try to obtain
our books without going:
through the proper channels—
in this case, the publications
council. Furthermore, he had
no right to suspend Ruhl and
me from the Associated Students, and we .consider this a
personal insult. The most important part of the mess is
the fact that duly elected members of the legislature attempt-
eed to interfere in the publication of the FOGHORN, and in
doing so, violated all precedence set down in the t*>nsti-
tution and USF publications
freedoms."
The Council censured Merrell and Hecht in the alleged
violation in regard to the stop-
i< 'mitin in-il on Page 2)
Sports note
300 tickets will be available
for the Friday night's San Jose
State basketball game to be
played in San Jose. Student
body cards must be presented
at the Phelan Hall desk only,
in return for the tickets.
Students are reminded that
there are only 300 tickets available so act quickly.
control of a third of a FOGHORN page to a commission
consisting of Hecht, the editor of the newspaper, the business manager, a club's representative, and a member of the
lower table.
The meeting began with a
sobering report by Mr. Crow-
ly, who, referring to the recent
publications embroglio, warned
the members of the council
against any "personal or slanderous remarks" during the
course of the debate over
Hecht's precedent-breaking
resolution.
There ensued a raft of personal and slanderous remarks.
Mr. Hecht suggested that the
editor of the FOGHORN had
failed to fulfill his constitutional obligation of "promulgating information about the
clubs." Mr. Harcourt intermittently sipping a carton of
milk, countered the resolution
put forth by the Vice President was in itself unconstitutional and so was unworthy of
any serious consideration by
the legislature.
The proposal would have
granted twenty-five column
inches of the FOGHORN to Dt
used exclusively for "free advertising" by the chartered
clubs of the campus. The controlling commission would be
authorized to determine what
would be said within the
space allotted, this space presumably being devoted to publication of campus activities.
In last night's meeting this
motion was amended to the effect that it should take the
form of a resolution to be presented to the Publications
Council for its approval. This
is tantamount to a u ilhdrawal
of the motion. Nevertheless,
In true Stud I.eg style, the
now toothleess proposal was debated, analyzed, compromised,
viewed from all angles, beat
against the wall generally for
a solid hour until the limp and
red necked solons finally put
it out of its misery by a near
unanimous vote.
The Hecht bill thus put out
of the way, Mr. Harrourt shot
back with a resolution of his
own, namely, that legislative
approval be given to the proe-
l.amation issued by the publications council yesterday which
(Ccntinued on Page 2)
The Council resolves:
WHEREAS: The Publications Council is the duly
authorized body in matters concerned vvith the publication of the Foghorn, Gaviota, and Don, and the
policies and procedures of the said publications; and
WHEREAS: The ASUSF Vice-President, Jim
Hecht, violated both the spirit and the letter of said
authorization on Thursday, February 23, 1961, by
intervening in the publication of the Foghorn, to
wit: Mr. Hecht called Garrett Press and ordered suspension of publication; and
WHEREAS: The ASUSF Treasurer, Ralph Merrell, violated the spirit and the letter of said authorization on Thursday, February 23, 1961, by suspending Richard Harcourt and Garrett Ruhl as members
of the Associated Students of the University of San
Francisco, thereby de facto suspending them .as editor and business manager of the Foghorn respectively; and
WHEREAS: The actions are felt by this body to
be illegal, iinmature, irresponsible and unbefitting an
officer of the Associated Students;
NOW THEREFORE, We hereto affix our hand by
approval of the Publications Council in a vote taken
durin gthe meeting held Monday, February 27, 1961,
to the effect that the "Publications Council wishes
to express censure of Mr. Hecht and Mr. Merrell for
conduct unbecoming an officer of the Associated
Students."
DONE, this twenty-seventh day of February, nineteen hundred and sixty-one, in .San Francisco, Calif.
The Publications Council
(in unanimous vote)
ATTEST:
G. Edward Stephan
Secretary